Welcome to Ballet British Columbia

History

Artistic Directors

1986-87 Annette av Paul
1987-89 Reid Anderson
1989-90 Patricia Neary
1990-92 Barry Ingham
1992 Marquita Lester (Acting)
1992-present John Alleyne

Presidents

Jean Orr
Sheila Begg
Robert Heffron
Wilma Van Nus
Donald M. Shumka
Yvonne Darcel
Noel Golden
Graeme Barrit (present)

Executive Directors

Ken Peirson
Bob McGifford
David Y.H. Lui
Howard Jang
Tricia Baldwin
Kevin Myers
Jennifer Johnstone
Susan K. E. Howard (present)

See our Repertoire page to see the list of Commissioned Choreographers

Ballet British Columbia Creations

1990 - 2007

BBC is consistently acknowledged by audiences, critics and the artistic community, as an innovative, creative and risk-taking dance company. Of the works in the repertoire, twelve were created by John Alleyne; and twenty-four were created by Canadian choreographers (including John Alleyne). This dedication to presenting new works as often as possible clearly reinforces the company's mandate for creating and presenting superior contemporary dance.

Collaborations with theatre directors, visual artists, modern dance choreographers, actors, playwrights and composers that have expanded BBC’s vocabulary include Petites danses pour mammiferes (1997) by Myriam Naisy, a joint project with the Banff Arts Festival, and the governments of Canada and France; Boy Wonder (1997); John Alleyne's "Goldberg" (1998); The Faerie Queen (2000), the company's first full-length narrative ballet; and the full-length Orpheus (2002); Carmina Burana (2004); The Rite of Spring (2005); and A Streetcar Named Desire (2006), an original full length ballet by John Alleyne to an original jazz score by Tobin Stokes.

In addition to the Vancouver premieres of existing contemporary works, the following ballets have been commissioned by and created for Ballet British Columbia:

Go Slow, Walter	John Alleyne	March, 1990
Between the Bliss and Me	Crystal Pite	April, 1990
Fanfare	William Soleau	Nov. 1990
Architecture of the Poor	David Earle	April, 1992
The Real Bet Ann's Dance	John Alleyne	July, 1992
Bet Ann's Dance	John Alleyne	Nov, 1992
Evensong	Christopher House	March, 1993
Making Ballet	James Kudelka	Nov, 1993
The Archeology of Karl ... A Romantic Adventure	John Alleyne	Nov, 1993
Road to the Yellow Carnival	Robert H. Johnson	Nov. 1993
Three Visible Poems	John Alleyne	April, 1994
In and Around Kozla Street	Serge Bennathan	Nov, 1994
The New Blondes	John Alleyne	Nov, 1994
Can You Believe She Actually Said	John Alleyne	May, 1995
The Winter Room	Jean Grand-MaÎtre	Nov, 1995
The Don Juan Variations	John Alleyne	April, 1995
Remember Me from Then	John Alleyne Peter Bingham	March, 1996
Moving Day	Crystal Pite	April, 1996
Sex is My Religion	John Alleyne	June, 1996
Conversation Piece	Mark Godden	Nov, 1996
Boy Wonder	John Alleyne Jean Grand-MaÎtre Serge Bennathan	April, 1997
Petites danses pour mammifères	Myriam Naisy	July, 1997
The "Goldberg"	John Alleyne	Nov, 1998
a/way inside	Dominique Dumais	April, 1999
Tema Celesta	Jean Grand-MaÎtre	May, 2000
Schubert	John Alleyne	May, 2000
The Faerie Queen (full length)	John Alleyne	Nov. 2000
Petrouchka	Dominique Dumais	Nov. 2001
Orpheus (full length)	John Alleyne	May, 2002
Scheherazade	John Alleyne	Nov, 2002
Carmina Burana	John Alleyne	Apr, 2004
The Rite Of Spring	John Alleyne	Apr, 2005
A Streetcar Named Desire	John Alleyne	Apr, 2006
Arietta	Crystal Pite	Nov, 2006
Realm of Her Eclipse	Simone Orlando	Nov, 2007
The Four Seasons	John Alleyne	Feb, 2008